A longitudinal study of epilepsy in Kolkata, India

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2384-2391

  Banerjee, Tapas Kumar ^a   Ray, Biman Kanti ^b   Das, Shyamal Kumar ^b   Hazra, Avijit ^c   Ghosal, Malay Kumar ^d   Chaudhuri, Arijit ^e   Roy, Trishit ^b   Raut, Deepak Kumar ^f  

^a National Neurosciences Centre   (India)

^b BANGUR INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d Institute of Psychiatry   (India)

^e INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^f ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Active epilepsy; Incidence; India; Mortality; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78650002527     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02740.x     Document Type: Article

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